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* Names in italics, those who lived at Naushon.
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BOWDOIN FAMILY
Pierre Baudoin -1706 James Bowdoin (I) 1678-1748
Mary
William
James (II) Governor
Elizabeth Judith
1713-1773
1726-1790
1750-1809 (?) m. Sir John Temple
Sarah married James (III) Honorable 1752-1811
James and Sarah had no children.
Sir John Temple* m. Elizabeth Bowdoin
James Bowdoin Temple
Elizabeth B. Temple
m. Thomas Lindall Winthrop
who changed his name to James T. Bowdoin 1776-1842 James T. Bowdoin b. 1819
James Bowdoin Winthrop changed name to
James W. Bowdoin died 1833
William Weekes or Weexes d. 1689 John Weeks 1655-1719
m. Mary Rowley 1675
John
William
Elizabeth
1678
1680
1683
Shubael
Ebenezer
Abigail
Mehitable
Mary
1685
1688 .
1690
1693
1696
m. Mercy Prince Nathan
Jesse
David (?)
Joanna 1718
1713-1790
1714-1801
1716 (?)
m. Honor ( )
m. Robert Hatch 1736
m. Remember Lawrence Tamar
Rebecca
Abisha
Prince
Joanna
m. John Nye (1774) m. Samuel Robinson (1780) 1752
1750
1753
William 1645-1716
* Temple : First of this family Leofric, Earl of Mercia, husband of Countess Godiva, founder of Monastery at Coventry. Chiefly instrumental in raising Edward the Confessor to the throne, as also his successor, Harold II. Died in 1059.
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The Ere mark that John Weeks jr. gives his cretuers is tow cuts the under side of the Left ere. 1726
The ear mark that William Weeks Junior gives his creatures is a hapeany the fore sides of the Left Ear. October 15, 1713.
At a County Court held at Barnstable June 24, 1690 These men under named took ye oath of a freeman: Jonathan Hatch Sr. John Genkins Jonathan Hatch Jr. Moses Rowley John Weeks Pr. Joseph Lothrop
The "Uncle Bisha" spoken of as at the Naushon Farm in 1815 may be Abisha Weeks, possibly a nephew of Nathan Weeks. Abisha Weeks was a member of the companies of both Grannis and Nye during the Revolution and while listed on the Rolls as of Barnstable it is possible that he was born and brought up at the Cove and was at the Dairy Farm as an old man when men- tioned as Uncle Bisha by James Winthrop.
The "Miss Weeks" spoken of in 1810 may be Deliverance Weeks who appears in the Falmouth Church records "as pro- pounded and admitted in 1811."
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BRANCHES OF THE ROBINSON FAMILY CONNECTED WITH NAUSHON
Zephaniah 1729-1805 m. 1 Anna Hatch 2 Jedidah West
Shadrach 1757-1841
John
1781
m. Deborah Robinson
Jedidah
Thomas
1783
1760
m. David Tilton 1806
m. Jedidah Davis
Zephaniah, Jr.
1766-1827
m. Hannah Davis 1787
Zephaniah 1793
Cornelius
1768
William
m. Fear Gifford 1792
1795
Isaac
Erving (Arvin)
1771
1801
Stephen
Ellis
1773
1805
m. Polly Gifford 1796
Cornelius
Seth
1807
1781
Paul
1785-1846
m. Abigail Weeks 1804
Paul
Samuel
1737-1817
1758-1845
d. at Nonamesset
m. Rebecca Weeks
1780
Mary 1738
-
Polly
Peter (?) m.
Isaac
Meribah
1 Martha Green 1727 2 Ruth Fuller
1730-1814
1762
m. Ebenezer Gifford
Elisha
1763
Lost 6 children
at Naushon
Thomas m. Mary. 1703
m. 1760 Mary Robinson 1738
Note : Samuel Robinson states that his grandfather was William. Island Book states that Stephen and his half brother Seth were sons of Isiah (Isaac?) who moved Down East and died there.
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EXTRACTS FROM LEDGERS
Here follows a typical page from account book of Salem Towne.
Account of Sales of Wood & Timber on Naushon Island
$ c.
1824
Apr. 28 To 1 crooked oak stick of wood 06
4 small butt logs taken from the wood 81
May 5th 12 cords wood sold Uriah Folger Nantucket 56.
2 cords Jos. Earle 10.
1/2 " Henry Gardner 2.50 2
Gideon Worth 66 10. 3 1/2 " " Grafton Gardner 15.62
94.12
Being a cargo sent by Bartlett Robinson 19 5/8 cords in the William & Mary freight 7/8 per cord.
19 Sold to Henry B. Curtis viz.
July 1 By Capt Ezekiel Snow
By Capt Thos. Sanford
By Capt Bartlett Robinson
By Capt Jeremiah Sweetser 2 3/4 cords beech & 3 refuse total cords 120 1/4 631.13
10 sold at Providence to John & Saml. Carlysle 49.72
12 1/2 cords wood @ 4.12} to Jas. Wilder 29.68
Cargo sent by Capt John C. Sanford
50
20 Sold 1/5 cord refuse wood to Capt Haskell Sold to Capt Uriah Coffin 3 cords wood at Cove Sent to Tristram Hussey & son 197 95/100 cords
12.
Aug. 15 Sold at Newport to Stephen De Blois 162 cords carried by Capt Joshua Snow sloop Mentor 77.75 Sold De Blois 1 load by Wm. Nye Jr. in 106.19 sloop Amilia Sold Stephen T. Northam 1 load of wood by sloop Nancy Capt Tho. Snow 98.23
Sold Capt Ward Parker Woods Hole
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3 beech & 2 pieces white oak 1 hornbim 6 ft long 2 white oak pieces 6 by 10 inches square 8 ft long 1.
1.50
Aug. 19 Sold to Capt. Thos. Mayhew Jr Edgartown a small lot of refuse wood 3} cords 7.50
21 Sold to Capt Ward Parker & Capt Wm. Bradley 32 cords refuse wood 72.
45 spiles for wharf 4 oak & 41 beech sent by David Allin to Nantucket 11.25
23 Sold Tho. Snow & Wm. Nye 18 cords beech wood at the wharf 63.
24 Uriah Coffin refuse and cord wood 21.50
Sept. 1 Sent by David Allin 1 load wood to Nantucket
10 E. Cannon of Mattapoisett 19. 24 timber 93.06
15 Sold Uriah Coffin 4 cords refuse 9.
Sold Wm. Dunham 9 sticks wood for boat 1.50
In the account of sales of wood appear the following names of captains and vessels :
Capt Pease sloop Sarah Porter
Nantucket 66
Capt Jonathan Baker 66 Leader
John Geyer 16 oak sleepers 8 x 10
4 sticks about 6" through 6 ft long
Elijah Crowell schooner Tabitha
Capt. William Robinson sloop Fame
Capt Chase
Shoot Fair Polly
Dennis
Capt John Chase Salome
Capt. Asa Kelly
schooner Rising Sun
Capt. James Howes
Morning Star
Chatham
Capt. Nehemiah Kelly sloop Amizon 66 Trial
Nathan Gibbs
New Bedford
Oliver Grinnell
Holmes Hole
Uriah Coffin
Pilot Boat
Edgartown
Capt. James Arey Schooner Mary & Betsey 66 Morning Star
Chatham
Elisha Howland
sloop Columbia
Dennis
John Pinkham Julia
Boothbay
Ebenezer Baker schooner Betsey & Polly
Dennis
Edward Kent 66 Hannah
Chatham
Dennis
Capt. James Howes
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Allen Bangs Elijah Baxter
schooner Two Sisters
Dennis
Molly sloop Polly
Chatham
Erving Robinson Daniel Stone Asa Kelley
schooner Only Son
Capt. Hansel K. Handy
sloop Heroine
Barnstable
Capt. Nathan Magoon
Eliza
Nantucket
Capt. Ezra Lewis
" Eclipse
Capt. Valentine Pease
brig Planter
Portsmouth
Capt. Thomas Sparhawk sloop Mechanic
Chatham
Capt. Wm. Workman
Atlas
New York
Capt. Isaac F. Snow
“ Enterprise
Saco, Me.
Capt. Wm. Benson
Charlotte
Capt. Barnabas Baker John Waimer Thomas Smith
schooner Fair Trader
Dennis
sloop Resolution
Westport
Capt. George Moulton
schooner Success
York, Me.
Capt. Silas Daggett pilot boat
Vineyard
Capt. Swain
sloop Experience
Capt. Godfrey
schooner Elinor
Great Egg Harbor
Capt. Short
Albert
Newburyport
Capt. George Joy
ship Boston
Nantucket
Capt. Samuel Robinson
Sold to John Geyer delivered at the light house Naushon Island seven cords beech wood.
From 1830 to 1837 Asa Johnson was customs officer and store keeper at the Cove. Through the kindness of one of his descend- ants on Martha's Vineyard his beautifully kept ledger has been read and from it the following extracts have been taken.
1830 LEGER OF ASA JOHNSON Keeper of Store at Tarpolin Cove B. Peneyman Dr.
June 30-To 25 lambs delivered to Mr Whiting 1830 Price agreed on 9/0 per head $37.50
6
Capt. Hardy
Woods Hole
66
Majestic
Chatham
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July 14-To 19 lambs brt. by Lewis Davis $28.50
July 8 1833-To 21 lambs 10/6 $30.75
Truman Cottle Dr
6 June-To Cash at New Bedford .75
To cash at New Bedford 1.00 66 66 66 66 To cash 2.00
.37
Oct. 21 Bal. due Mr Cottle
$5.12
Acct. of Boating
To 1 trip to New Bedford with ship to June 3.00
June 1-To do with Capt. Howland 3.00
1831
Tarpaulin Cove
Sept. 8th. 1831
George A. Swett
10-
To Cash
5.00
19- To 63 yds Duck
1.30
to 1 yd. cotton cloth
.14
to 7 "
1.
to making 2 sheets
.50
24- To cash 2.
to paying Beeker & Godard New Bedford
37.00
Oct.
13- To cash at New Bedford
1.00
to cash to the Vineyard 4.00
to cash to Woods Hole 15.00
1.00
25 to cash when we were to Matapoiset
15.00
Nov. 28 1831-To filling your ( )
1.25
Dec. 16 -To 2 south west hats 3.00
To 1 pr. fine stockings
.75
To 1 corn
.50
to 1 wigg
.33
7.
20-
66 66
APPENDIX
473
To cash 4.00
to 31 lb Tobacco
1.20
Nov. 2 1831 Tarpaulin Cove Received of Benjamin Rodman & Charles Grinnell 3 anchors weighing as follows
No. 1-B. Rodman 1265 Dr. to cash paid for 2-C. Grinnell 849 trucking & weighing it 3-C. Grinnell 497 New Bedford 2.75 freight to T. Cove 2.50
ACCOUNT BOOK OF ASA JOHNSON
1835 - 1837
1835
William W. Swain Dr
To the expense of the hunt Oct. 1835
14 meals @ 50 7.00
1836
Wednesday Oct. 19th. Hunt 13 meals 6.50
To Friday 21 East Drivers meals 9 meals 4.50
To 2 bottles cider pt. Brandy .75
Brig Wm. & Joseph
(In 1840 Brig was wrecked in Atlantic 4 men lost)
Nov. 23
1836 18₺ lb. beef 1.48
2 qts. oil .62
¿ bu. potatoes .25
1 doz. matches .03
Tarpaulin Cove, 1836
Elisha Robinson
Dr.
Credited 1836
By 6 pr. Turkeys
$ 6.00
" 29 W. Geese
2.00
" 16 hens
2.69
By use the team 2 days 2.00
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Superior Pilot Boat
¿ bu. potatoes .25
2 cords wood 12.00
Bill delivered to Capt. Doggett
Sales at Auction
Acct. of Live Oak
Main boom to J. A. Jones * 10.00
Pages from another account book kept from 1839 to 1841 at the Naushon Farm give some valuable hints as to the incumbents at the various farms, the crops which they raised and their chief occupations.
At the West End was Berrier Austin, the axman from Charlton hired by Salem Towne to cut wood at the West End in 1824. At Nonamesset were Oliver Grinnell and later William Bradley. Richard Luce may have been at the Farm House with Pardon Gifford. Stephen Robinson was at the Cottage Lot, Wm. R. Slocum at the Cove and Elri Brownell at Uncatena.
Wood was still being cut and loaded on coasting sloops and schooners at Kettle (or Kittle) Cove, for points along the neigh- boring shores. Wool was the chief crop, but salt and cheese were sold in considerable quantities.
1838 Account of Wood on Hand
Nov. 24 121 cords at the Cove 20 1/2 at North Wharf 2 1/2 at Lower Landing 5 in Cottage Woods
* James Athern Jones of Martha's Vineyard, historian and author, inter- ested in perpetuating the legends of the Gay Head Indians.
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Memorandum of Stock of 1838
No of old mares
7 No of Oxen 6
Young horses as old as 4 yrs.
3
" Cows 10
Young horses
7 Young Cattle 22
Stud horses
1 Carves 8
Coalts
3
No of Sheep
1387
21
Stebbin Robisin
1 year wrent due March 25 1840 1 66 66 1841
$ 25.
$ 25.
By foddering Stock at the Cottage (Lot)
5.
5.
mending fence at Hollow farm cutting hay at Cottage
10.
by foddering Stock at Cottage
5.
Wm. R. Slocum
Mar. 25 To 1 years rent for Cove farm
300.
May 1 Oxen come to keep 26 Cow come to keep Aug. 18 Cow went away For keeping Oxen 6 months
10.
66
cow 2 1.35
1841
By making 50 rods of wall June by one barrel of sider at 1 66 66
50.
4.75
3.
2.50
by soing haysede at the west end July By 16 days haying at the west end
24.
(1839) W. R. Slocum
1 yr. rent of Cove farm Simeon Hamlin [evidently a carpenter] 300. Elry Brownel [at Uncatena ] 1 year rent due 50.
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1839
Old Naushon Account Book
Naushon Island in Account with Pardon Gifford To Berrier Austin
1841 Mar. 25 To 1 years rent Dew Mar. 25
175.
May 25 To keeping Stock at the western To 20 lb. of cheese at 5 cents per lb.
2.86
1.
To keeping 73 sheep 17 weeks at 2 cents per head 24.82 66 60 14 16.80
Interest 2.49
222.97
Mar. 25
By cutting and carting 70 1/2 chords of wood at 1.50 per chord
107.75
Making 8 wrods of wall at $1 per Rod
8.
By 4 bu. hay seed at $1 per bu.
4.
" cutting & carting 200 rails
5.
making 25 loads of menure
10.
cutting 3 ton of hay
9.
5 days work mare & plow at 50 cents per day 2.50
2 1/2 days shearing
3.55
Oliver Grinnell commenced living on Nonamessett Nov. 14, 1840
Richard Luce Paid 1 years rent due June 1 1840 16 Head of Cattle in Cottage Lot May, 1839
16
" horses in Cottage Lot Dec. 1839 13
of Do colts 2
1839 William Bradley
2 pig
Irvin Robisin
2
pig
Oing Eldredge
1
66
Cornelious Robisin 1
Simeon Hamlin 2
9 Bushel of Salt taken from the Island 6th. of December 20 1839 Salt on Hand 398 Bushels Salt on hand 136 1/2 Bus. November 1 1840 Salt shipt 250 Bushels
$20.
No of Cattle out on the Island June 4 1839
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1840
Memorandum of Sheep
No of Sheep of all sorts
1127
No of Lambs
375
No of Wedders
227
1502
No of Wedders sale of
115
1387
1840
Weight of Wool sacks for year 1840
89 1b.
Cattle out on the Island June 1st. 1840 . .20
Memorandum for Sheep for June 12 1839
No. of Sheep of all sorts
1155
" " Lambs
344
Sold
167
1332
Ewes
703
Wedders
253
Bucks
51
AREA OF NAUSHON AND ITS DEPENDENCIES
Naushon proper including Goat Neck
-
-
-
4817 acres
Nonamesset
-
-
-
377
66
Uncatena including Bull Neck
-
-
-
138
66
East Buck Island or Veckatimest
-
-
-
18
60
West Buck Island or Monohansett
-
-
-
16
5366
66
Extreme length of Naushon including Goat Neck, 7 miles
66 " Nonamessett " 66 66 14
Extreme length
84
Greatest width of Naushon at any one point
12 mile
Least 66 66
66 66
66
Surveyed by Henry Crapo 1838
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Captain John Grannis' Company Day Roll from the time of enlisting (June 25th) to the last day of December, 1775, sta- tioned at Elizabeth Island.
Enlisted
Time
Wages per Mo.
Captain
John Grannis
June 25
6 mo. 22 d.
£5.8.0
Lieutenant *Elisha Nye
July
1
6 mo. 16 d.
3.12. 0
2nd Lieut. Stephen Nye
3.3. 0
Sergeant
Silas Hatch
June 27th
6 mo. 20 d.
-. 2. 4
66
Levi Barlow
July
8th
6 mo. 9 d.
"
4th
6 mo. 13 d.
66
Silas Lawrence Prince Hatch
66
27
6 mo. 20 d.
*Abisha Weeks
4
6 mo. 13 d.
Silvanus Jones
66
25
5 mo. 21 d.
Asaph Swift
Drummer
John Downing
Fifer
David Moors
12
6
5
Private
Lot Gifford
July
4
6
13
-. 1.16
Benjamin Rowley
66
*Elnathan Rowley
Justis Gifford
Broadk Dillingham
Will Sanford
Silvanus Dimock
7
6
10
Judah Wing
Nath Miller
66
11
Andrew Hatch
*Robert Hatch
Benj. Wyatt
Edmund Wright
19
5
26
Jos. Chadwick
66
20
Francis Nye
June 27
6
Tho. Shiverick
July
4
Timothy Weeks
Jabez Dimock
June 27
20
Nathl. Barnard
July
3
6
11
22nd
5 mo. 23 d.
Corporal
Shubal Hatch
* Lived on Naushon.
"
-
Daniel Plunkett
66
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Abraham Ingersol
July 3
6
11
Nathl. Bassett
June 27
20
Ichabod Hatch
July 24
5
21
Silv. Davis
20
25
Thos. Swift
66
Lemuel Tobey
4
6
13
Sumner Hatch
6
6
11
William Larkey
James Withered
8
9
Nath. Curtis
Jona. Chubbuck
William Robertson
Aug.
5
5
10
Isaac Cottle
July 21
24
*Zaccheus Lumbert
"
6
6
11
Jona. Nye
June 27
20
Asa Pease
¥
Seth Nye
July 4
13
Roll of men who joined Captain Grannis' Company from January 4 to February 29, 1776, and from June to September, 1776, additional to those in his company in 1775. Many of his former men enlisted in Captain Nye's company and these and those who did not re-enlist are not here mentioned.
Captain John Grannis
Lieutenant James Blossom
Sergeant Joseph Gorham
Corporal William Cochrane
Barnabas Conant
Timothy Burges
Thomas Conant
Allen Hovey
Private
Thomas Swift
Barnabas Parker
William Howell
Edward Crowell
Solomon Weeks
Michael Crowell
Robert Weeks
Solomon Crowell
Wally Chadwick
Zaccheus Jenkins Joseph Thomas
David Weeks
Peter Blossom
Benjamin Weeks Eli Nobles Jonathan Chadwick Asa Taylor
James Blossom, Jr.
Peter Crocker
William Crocker
66
Benjamin Handy Seth Cazley Benjamin Burges Jonathan Burges
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Joseph Bassett
Jabez Crocker
Joseph Haws
Lemuel Conant
Heman Hallet
William Hooks
Barnabas Chipman
Caleb Hamblin
Roland Gorham
David Curtis
Joseph Thatcher
Jonathan Howell
Reuben Hatch
Richard Smith
Braddock Dillingham
Elisha Goodspeed
Barnabas Sears
Enoch Hallett
ENLISTED JUNE TO SEPTEMBER
2nd Lieut. Samuel Hallet
David Goodspeed
Corporal John Conant
Benj. Busley
John Baster
Isaac Ames
Drummer John Besse
Simeon Studley
Fifer
Bradwick Weeks
Edward Studley
Private
David Morey
Jeremiah Bray
Nathaniel Jenkins
Chapman Lomar
Ephraim Burges
Job Allen
Ebenezer Snow
Silvanus Snow
Heman Gage
Zenius Gage
Joseph Chipman
Lot Hadway
Ja. Gifford
Nathan Fuller
Jobaz Dimuck
Benjamin Goodspeed
Jedidah Burges
Joseph Lumbart
Nathaniel Davis
William Swift
Shuble Wiscom
Hezekiah Eldredge
Smith Rogers
Uriah Nicholson
Zaccheus Hinkley
Ebenezer Sears
Harkeules Rogers
Edward Gage (14 days)
Prince Hinkley
Thoday Baker (14 days)
Prince Barse
*Shadrack Robinson
Zuviel Bourn
(13 days)
Thos. Gage
Thadeus Coton (4 days)
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MUSTER ROLL OF THE COMPANY COMMANDED BY ELISHA NYE IN 1776
ELISHA NYE, Captain
Stephen Nye, Ist Licutenant
William Tobey, 2nd Lieutenant
Shubael Hatch
Howes Hallett
Nathaniel Cobb Sergeants
James Witherly Corporals
Isaac Gorham
David Taylor
Richard Creach, Drummer
Nathaniel Dillingham, Fifcr
Elisha Allen (Sept. 1-Nov. 21, 1776)
Andrew Hedge (June 1-Nov. 21, 1776)
Ebenezer Bacon
Sylvanus Hinkley
Joseph Bacon
Abner Hinkley
Thomas Bacon
Eleoney Howes
Daniel Bars (Sept. 1-Nov. 21, 1776) Edmund Bassett
Eneos Howes
Nathaniel Bassett
Sturgis Howes
Lot Bassett (Apr. 5-June 1, 1776) John Bassett
Isaiah Howes
Samuel Bunch
Elijah Howes
John Bourne
Noah Howes
Ebenezer Clarke
Jonathan Lumbard
Edward Cobb
George Lewis (June 1-Nov. 21, 1776)
Ebenezer Cobb
Nathaniel Matthews
John Cobb
Isacher Nickerson
Josiah Crowell
Miller Pain
James Downes
Jonathan Phinney
Barnabas Downes
Isaac Parker
Richard Robins
(Feb. 15-Feb. 29, 1776, 14 d.)
Nathaniel Ellis
Eliakim Gibbs
Jonathan Nye
Christopher Sears
William Sanford
(Sept. 1-Nov. 21, 1776, 2 mo. 21 d.)
Elisha Smith
Nathan Gibbs
John Taylor
Elisha Hallet
Ephraim Norris
Robert Hatch
Jonathan Vincent
Uriah Hatch
Isaac Vincant
Elihu Hatch (June 1-Nov. 21, 1776) Joseph Hallet Amaziah Harden
Nathan Wing
John Wilts (Sept. 1-Nov. 21, 1776) Nathaniel Young
David Dunham
Samuel Robinson (Sept. 1-Nov. 21, 1776)
(Sept. 1-Nov. 21, 1776, 2 mo. 21 d.) Jabez Gibbs
Edmund Howes
Thomas Howes
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(Sept. 1-Nov. 21, 1776)
Croker Young
Nymphas Hinkley
Obed Young
John Russell
Joshua Nicholson
Benjamin Lothrop
Samuel Ellis
William Tobey
Benjamin Lumbard
Shubel Hatch
Solomon Barse
Nathan Cobb
Lemuel Weeks
Samuel Reynols
Goreham Easterbrook
David Taylor
Ebenezer Case
Heman Hinkley
John Butler
Nathaniel Hall
Prince Hatch
Micah Hatch
Com. Bassett
Abner Howes
Jonathan Cobb
Nathaniel Wells
Captain Elisha Nye's company stationed at Tarpaulin Cove January 10 to April 1, 1777, not including men listed in muster roll of Nye's company as given for June to September, 1776.
Capt. Elisha Nye
Zaccheus Hinkley
Serg. Silas Hatch
Timothy Crocker
William Cochrane
Jashap Shiverick
Abisha Weeks
Silas Tobey
John Cowin Benj. Rowley
Ithuel Gifford
Justis Gifford
Samuel Fish
Prince Hatch
Prince Fish
Braddock Weeks
Lot Hadway
Thomas Fish
Benjamin Wicort
George Parker
Solomon Crosby
Solomon Weeks
Thomas Growe
Asaph Swift
Thomas Hamblin
Wally Chadwick
William Howhel
Silas Lawrence
Barzillai Luce
Noah Fuller
Isack Barse Benjamin Hallet
Joseph Lumbard
Reuben Chadwick
Thomas Coleman
William Crocker Bathchen Bacon
Samuel Lewis Abner Wright Nathaniel Coleman James Winless
Benjamin Crocker
Angil Young William Lumbert
Solomon Hallet
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THIS volume cannot be closed without giving due acknowledg- ment to those who have given invaluable help:
Mr. Julius H. Tuttle and staff of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Mr. Albert H. Hall and staff of the Massachusetts State Archives Miss Harriet Swift and assistants of the Barton-Ticknor Division,
Boston Public Library
Miss Sarah H. Bartlett and staff of the Concord Free Public Library
Mr. George H. Tripp of the New Bedford Public Library
Mr. Gerald G. Wilder of the Bowdoin College Library
Miss Madeleine Connor and staff of the Archives Division, Suf- folk Court Files. For helpful suggestions I am especially in- debted to Mr. Allen French, Professor Samuel Eliot Morison, and Professor Kenneth G. T. Webster.
Generous permission to quote has been given by Professor William Hovgaard, Dr. Howard M. Chapin, Dr. J. Franklin Jameson, Mrs. M. A. C. Vanderhoop, Mrs. Dorothy Wayman, Professor Edmund B. Delabarre, Mr. George Francis Dow, and by the late Dr. Charles E. Banks, whose three-volume "History of Martha's Vineyard" has been a veritable backlog. Mrs. William H. Forbes made the first Naushon historical collection, gathered from the Island Books, entitled "Annals of Naushon."
Pictures, information and every sort of help have been given by Mrs. Johnson Whiting, Mr. Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Deane and Mr. C. R. Brown of Martha's Vineyard, also Mr. Henry W. Royal, Dr. Edward Wigglesworth, the late Mr. Franklin R. Gifford, Mr. William B. Goodwin, Miss Augusta T. Tappan, Mr. Henry H. Crapo, Mr. Stephen W. Phillips, Mr. Lawrence W. Jenkins, and by certain members of the family
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now living on Naushon, Ralph E. Forbes, W. Cameron Forbes, and Edward W. Forbes.
I am indebted to Miss Nellie McN. O'Farrell for the informa- tion obtained from the files of the British Admiralty in London.
I warmly appreciate the assistance given by my friend, M. Olive Whitman, the invaluable help of my daughters Annie and Hope, and the unfailing encouragement of my husband and family.
SOURCES
MANUSCRIPTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF MATERIAL
Manuscripts :
The Winthrop Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society
The Bowdoin and Winthrop Papers, Massachusetts Histori- cal Society
Two Bowdoin Letters, Miss Augusta T. Tappan
Volumes of Letters, Indian, Colonial, Maritime, Revolution-
ary and Miscellaneous and other papers, Massachusetts Archives, State House
Depositions :
Records Suffolk County Files, Court House, Boston Deeds and Legal Papers:
Dukes County Files, Edgartown, Mass.
Town Records, Chilmark
Town Records, Falmouth
Indian Deed, Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass.
Indian Testimony, Registry of Deeds, Plymouth, Mass. Log Books:
Log Books of Whaling Ships, New Bedford Public Library, New Bedford
Log Books of Whaling Ships, Old Dartmouth Historical Society, New Bedford
Log Books of Whaling Ships, Whaling Museum, Nantucket Logs of British Naval Vessels, British Admiralty Records, London
Sea Journals, Essex Museum, Salem
Ledgers and Account Books, J. Malcolm Forbes, Ralph E. Forbes, Edward W. Forbes, Mrs. Johnson Whiting Files of Early Newspapers:
Boston Daily Advertiser, Columbian Centinel, Massachusetts Historical Society
486
EARLY HISTORY OF NAUSHON ISLAND
New Bedford Mercury, New Bedford Public Library
Nantucket Inquirer, Nantucket Athenæum
Vineyard Gazette, Edgartown
Maps and Pictures :
Maps, Barton-Ticknor Division, Boston Public Library
Map, Massachusetts Historical Society
Map, "Simancas," New York Public Library
Hack's Map of New England, William G. Goodwin, Hart- ford, Conn.
Charts, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Map, Royal Library, Copenhagen
Pictures :
Ships, Marine Museum, Boston
Ships, Peabody Museum, Salem
Illustrations, Archer, Harvard University Library
Portraits, Bowdoin Museum of Fine Arts
Portraits, Massachusetts Historical Society
Photographs of Naushon, Ellen Emerson Delaney
Photographs of Naushon, A. H. Folsom
Sketch of Uncatena House (S. F. Hughes), A. F. Howland
CHIEF PRINTED SOURCES
Annals of Naushon, collected from Naushon Island Book by Edith E. Forbes, privately printed, 1901
History of Martha's Vineyard, Charles E. Banks, Boston, 1911 Winthrop Papers, Massachusetts Historical Collection, Fifth Series, Vol. VIII, 1882
Winthrop Papers, Massachusetts Historical Collection, Sixth Series, Vol. V, 1892
Voyages of the Norsemen to America, William Hovgaard, New York, 1914
Narrative and Critical History of America, Justin Winsor, Bos- ton, 1884
487
SOURCES
Briefe and True Relation, John Brereton, and The Relation of
Captain Gosnold's Voyage, Gabriel Archer, from Massachu-
setts Historical Society Collection, Third Series, Volume VIII, 1843
Indian Converts, Experience Mayhew, Boston, 1727
Life of Ralegh, Edward Edwards, London, 1868
American Journal of Science, Series 3, Volume XXVII, B. F. Koons
Early English Voyages to America, Richard Hakluyt, ed. Gold- smid, Edinburgh, 1891
Narratives of New Netherland, edited by J. Franklin Jameson, New York, 1909
History of New Bedford, Daniel Ricketson, New Bedford, 1858 Philip's War, Benjamin Church, edited by Samuel G. Drake, Exeter, N. H., 1828
Ancient Catalogue of Objects of Natural History, John Win- throp, F.R.S., Boston Athenæum
New York Colonial Documents, Volume III
Pirates of the New England Coast, Dow and Edmunds, Salem, 1923
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period, J. Franklin Jameson, New York, 1923
Privateer Ships and Sailors, Howard M. Chapin, Providence, 1926
History of Cape Cod, Frederick Freeman, Boston, 1869
Suckanesset, Theodate Geoffrey, Falmouth, 1930
INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES Index does not include Appendix
A
Ashurst, Sir William 120
Academy of Arts and Sciences
349
Assowamset
168
Aeastra
327
Athearn, E. Simon
108, 109
Açores
22,31
Atkins, Thomas
430
Active, sloop
341
Aurora, brig
338
Actress, brig
309
Austin, Berrier
442, 452
Acushnet
305
Austin, Capt. William
376
Adams, Abraham
210
Ayllon, Lucas Vasquez de
18,19
Adams, President
Aylmer, Capt.
329
Addington, Isaac
Aylwin, Hon. William C. 82,148
106, 206, 211, 212, 232, 234, 246
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